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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1889
Page
7
Market reports from New York Chicago St Louis and other centers show steady to higher tones in wheat corn and oats with varying receipts and exports. Rye flour graham flour and cornmeal are steadier while millfeed oats and barley offer limited activity and dull demand amid price ranges and on track quotes.
Today's totals show butter 1879 pkgs and 4 boxes, oleo 1293 pkgs, cheese 130 boxes, eggs 316 bbls and 1948 cases, beans 714 bbls, potatoes 15 cars, sweet potatoes 1117 bbls, hay 61 cars, straw 10 cars. Last year same day lists butter 606 pkgs and 17 boxes, oleo 96 pkgs, cheese 236 boxes, eggs 2302 cases, beans 2246 bbls, potatoes 11 cars, sweet potatoes 516 bbis, hay 30 cars, straw 2 cars. Butter prices show Western extra creamery at 23 24c, fancy marks 25c, and other grades with modest activity. New York and Vermont quotes around 18 25c. Elgin sale 25c in Chicago.
Wholesale prices for various potato types including Scotia rose 58¢ and Prince Edward Island 60c with several regional varieties listed. Jerseys, Norfolks, and Bulk Eastern shores priced around 225 to 275 per barrel. Hay and straw markets show quiet activity with prime hay at 17.50 to 18.00 per ton and feed grades from 9 to 14 per ton. rye and oat straws priced 3 to 17 per ton.
The market shows subdued buying with transactions occurring at existing price levels and little movement in listed truck prices or discounts. Dealers report steady demand and no aggressive promotions.
The report outlines wholesale fruit pricing with steady demand for choice apples at varied grades from Kings to Michigan sweets, Florida oranges in larger supply, Malaga and Palermo lemons steady, Sicily lemons firm, Jamaica oranges steady, and grapes in a firm market. Canary details include Concords Dianas Isabellas Jonas Catawbas and cranberry trade, with Almeria grapes firm.
The steamer Devonshire is due about Hot 17 with 750 boxes of Palermo lemons. The vessel passed Gibraltar on Oct 31.
H Harms and Co conducted a fruit auction in Florida today selling oranges at 1 25 per box lemons at 1 3 3774 and grapefruit at 5 25 5 75 Palermo lemons opened the season with a first sale and Almeria grapes sold at 3 05 6 75 per double and 1 50 2 65 per half barrel in the volatile market.
Liverpool market activity notes Boston apples aboard steamers Roman and Virginian with prices at 12 15s for firsts and 11 12s for seconds. Maine lots fetch 15 16s for firsts and 12 14s for seconds.
Receipts today show tallow 35 pkgs beef 10 bbls pork 166 bbls lard 2560 pkgs hams 99 bbls 60 tierces preserved meats 1830 cases bacon 644 boxes. Last year’s figures lower across most items. New York market quiet with tallow at 47 16 442c per pkg. pork steady with various barrel prices. beef ham and tierced beef in demand. cut meats firm. St Louis and Chicago markets described as firm or stronger in certain pork and lard categories with price ranges given.
Kansas City cattle and hogs show steady to weak trade with varied classes. Cattle range from 1.70 to 4.50 per hundredweight and hogs in the 3.60 to 4.00 area. sheep hold around 3.25 to 5.00 while Texas and Western cattle and lambs appear in mixed ranges. Chicago receipts total heavy with slow closure. hogs lower with heavies near 3.65 to 4.00. sheep steady to higher at 2.75 to 5.00 for natives and western types.
New York quiet on sales of 194 bales with uplands and various grades listed. Opening and closing quotations shown for Nov and Dec futures with weak to barely steady closes. Liverpool noted easy with steady demand and 8000 bales sold. Major U S and international city market tables included with receipts, exports, and stocks for key ports such as New Orleans, Savannah, Mobile, and Liverpool.
Sugar receipts show zero on the current day and 105 barrels recorded for the same day last year. Market remains quiet and firm with Cuban refining at fair to good levels and a 4%4 designation.
Raw sugars hold firm with firmer refined sugar activity and higher quotes for pulverized to confectioners grades. Molasses receipts show 75 barrels and 35 hogsheads with no prior year comparison. Fancy Ponce and Cienfuegos quotable near 42 to 39 cents, Barbados around 32 cents, polling grades 50 test nominal.
Turpentine closed at 47 4714c with resin at 110 112% and tar at 250. Petroleum closed at 7.750 with RSW at 7.45c and cases at 9.45c. A coffee route New York to Rio remains firm with a fair car at 19c. Whiskey markets steady in the Western region at 102 dollars.
Market commentary shows beef cattle firming with mixed prices. notable sales include Hathaway and Harris steers with weights from 1025 to 1300 pounds and prices from 3 to 4. The sheep and lambs section notes firm lamb values from Canada with top at 6c per pound, Holt Co and others selling dozens of lambs and sheep at around 4 to 5c. Hides and tallow prices listed.
Local trade notes show potato shipments from Crappaud and New London to Boston Produce Co and McKeever and Hall respectively. Vessel names Sch Novelty and Sch Valiant are listed with bush potatoes quantities 4800 and 3700. No additional context provided.
The list shows cargo items for multiple ships including Sch Nina Page and Steamer Yarmouth loading flour cornmeal refined oil beef soap lard and groceries at Port Hawkesbury Yarmouth St Pierre Cayenne and Melbourne with hundreds of barrels cases crates and bales of goods such as flour fish lard meat tobacco lumber and hardware totaling extensive consignments from CB, NS, and other ports.
Market summaries from Antwerp Paris and London report quiet wheat and corn, with cargoes sold and awaiting sale. Liverpool and Great Britain prices show spot wheat easing, with Russian crop official estimates down. Lunch notes from Liverpool and Kingston include futures quotes for No 1 California wheat and December corn ranges.
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